assess china's aircraft carrier because this this town we hear it's a sign of, you know, inevitable conflict, or rickety soviet bucket not to worry about it. should americans worry about this thing? >> well, you know, my assessment is if i were china, and i was in the economic position that china's in, and i was in a position of where i have to look after my global security interests, i would consider building an aircraft carrier, and i might consider building several aircraft carriers so the real question is whether we should be concerned with them or not, like any other country that builds aircraft carriers is whether or not those types of platforms will be successfully integrated into a global security environment that's a peaceful one. they have a role in maintaining the peaceful, global security environment. if the issue is that they are not part of that global security environment, then i think we have to be concerned about it. >> [inaudible] >> i think we're hopeful they are part of the environment, and we are doing everything possible to bring them into the security environment in th